Peter
Adams came to Brackett in 1854. He lived on the farm that Leo
Michels
now operates. A year later Peter Haas the second settler came
to Brackett.
Christian Winestock was the third settler and Germann Jackson,
Gootbelly
and Gutlip were other early settlers. You still can see some
buildings
that Winestock built. Jackson lived where Vergil Durst lives
now. He broke the first land in Brackett. In early
days farming around here
was limited to raising wheat. The wheat had to be hauled to
Sparta.
Highway fifty-three was once called Sparta Road. Later it was
called
highway eleven. When wheat raising was no longer a profit
they started
dairying. We still have dairying in Our Badger State.

The
Parker Inn was started in 1870 in the settlement of Brackett.
Brackett got its name from the post master in Eau Claire whose name was
Brackett.
Mrs. Mayer worked at the Parker Inn. The Parker Inn wass
located ont
eh west side of highway fifty-three southwest of the store.
Part of
the Parker Inn can still be seen in Herman Hoehn's pasture.
Brackett
is twelve miles south of Eau Clarie on highway fifty-three.
The Inn
was a stopping place for travelers in stage coach and a feeding place
for
horses and people. The Inn also had a postoffice, with Herman
Hoehn
Sr. Postman. Herman Hoehn Sr. still lives in
Brackett. The Inn
had a dance hall on the second floor. The Inn had the first
telephone
which was used by everyone.

Louis
Bruckner was the first one to have a blacksmith shop where
it is now. Mr. Bruckner came from Austria. He
decided to have
a shop down here. Mr. Bruckner started to run the shop in
1898.
There used to be one farther south than the one that is here
now. The
old school is a part of the present blacksmith shop.

This
district was organized in 1859. This district used
to be number one, now it's number nine. Alexander Maggette
was the
first superintendent of schools in district number nine. The
first
Brackett School was located south of the Catholic Church.
Then the
school was built across from where Art Haas lives now, next it was
moved
to the place where Leo Michels driveway is now. In 1904 they
built
the school which we go to now. When Mrs. Bruckner went to
school all
the children went together and scrubbed the hard pine floors on their
hands
and knees. They didn't have stoves or furnaces like we have
now, they
just had box-stoves. When she was in the primary grades they
used Appleton
books. Later they used Syrs. They played the same
games then
as we do now. Sara Barrett, Clara Butler, Mary Swift, Anna
Plunk, Louise
Small and Anna Bell Hohle were some of the earliest teachers.
Sara
Barrett, now Mrs. Peter Haas, still lives in this community.

The
first store was located where Esther Seig's gas station is
now. It was owned by an Irishman. Other early
grocer men were
Joe Zook and Louis Smare. The second store was located where
the tavern
is now. At one time ther was a feed mill in that
building. The
third one was built by Herman Hoehn. This store is now
operated by
Steve Pederson. After Herman Hoehn Sr. retired, his son took
over the
business, but later sold out to Henry Whelihan. Howard Turner
and Phil
Sliefer also operated the store for short periods.

In 1889 the creamery was
started in Brackett. Messrs. Hanky
and Emerson built the creamery. This creamery was doing good
business
for a while. All at once they lost their business, then it
was sold
out a few times. Later it was organized into a co-operative
creamery.
The creamery never did have very much business and finally
closed.
Soon afterwards the building was torn down. You can still see
where
it stood. It stood near the driveway of Morgan Nelson's home.

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